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"Now, is it time to start over with a new constitution? I don’t think so. Not now. That would be a big mistake."

I completely disagree. There's almost no better time given that practically everything else that liberals and leftists have tried-namely peaceful appeals, attempting to save the Democrats from themselves, et cetera-has failed and gotten us here.

"One reason is that in our present environment, if we try to put down in writing the things that unite us, the things we're for and against, I think that would push us over the edge, and we would come apart at the seams."

But since the United States really is this bad should it stay together? You compare this to a marriage where the couple refuses to discuss points of contention but that isn't a good analogy because this is a situation where everyone who disagrees with fascism and reaction just endlessly gets abused by those who either agree with it or are too hidebound, cynical, and compromised to fight against it. We get nothing out of this. That's an abusive marriage, not a normal marriage.

If staying together meant that millions more people could or might die under a fascist government and the fight against such was even longer and more painful because Americans had no example or execution of a government that wasn't either fascist or corrupt, racist, and proto-dystopian which is what I've seen all my life then there's no way that should be considered to be worth it.

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